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Bevan, Aneurin (ənī`rĭn bĕ`vən), 1897–1960, British political leader. A coal miner and trade unionist, he served (1929–60) in Parliament as a member of the Labour party. As minister of health (1945–51) he administered and developed the National Health Service instituted by the Labour government. A leader of the party's left wing, he resigned from the government in protest against the decisions to rearm Germany and cut social services. Briefly expelled from the party for insubordination in 1955, and unsuccessful in his contest with Hugh Gaitskell Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor (gāt`skəl), 1906–63, British statesman. Educated at Oxford, he taught economics at the Univ. ..... Click the link for more information. for the party leadership, he was reconciled to the party and became its spokesman for colonial and foreign affairs. In ensuing years he favored British diplomatic neutralism and nuclear disarmament. BibliographySee his autobiography (1952); biographies by M. Foot (2 vol., 1962–74), M. Jenkins (1979), and J. Campbell (1987). Bevan, Aneurin(born Nov. 15, 1897, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Eng.—died July 6, 1960, Chesham, Buckinghamshire) British politician. As a young man, he entered Labour Party politics and was elected to the House of Commons in 1929. He overcame a speech impediment to become a brilliant orator. As minister of health in Clement Attlee's government (1945–51), “Nye” Bevan established the National Health Service. He was minister of labour (1951) but resigned in protest against rearmament expenditures that reduced spending on social programs. A controversial figure in the Labour Party, he headed its left-wing (Bevanite) group and was the party's leader until 1955. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the speaker in this case was Aneurin Bevan, one of the moral
and political giants of the European Left. And then he became, as his most severe critic, the Labour
radical Aneurin Bevan, put it, "the great advocate who put the case
of Britain to the world and the destiny of Britain to the British. He chose
the bardic name of ap Aneurin, a tribute both to a 6th-century Welsh
poet and to Aneurin Bevan, the Labour Party politician who founded the
National Health Service. |
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